Table 4.
Abdominal fat, heart, and neck actual and relative weights at 42 days of age in Ross 308 broilers fed diets containing 0, 1, 2, and 3% thyme (T3) and sumac from days 29–42.
| Abdominal Fat Weight (g) | Relative Weight of Abdominal Fat (%) | Heart Weight (g) | Relative Weight of Heart (%) | Neck Weight (g) | Relative Weight of Neck (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | |||||||
| Control | 41.8a* | 1.66a | 14.1 | 0.56 | 66.3 | 2.63 | |
| 1% Thyme (T1) | 25.5b | 1.00bc | 15.0 | 0.59 | 65.2 | 2.55 | |
| 2% Thyme (T2) | 26.7b | 1.04b | 14.8 | 0.57 | 69.5 | 2.71 | |
| 3% Thyme (T3) | 23.5bc | 0.93bcd | 18.4 | 0.73 | 65.6 | 2.58 | |
| 1% Sumac (S1) | 15.7c | 0.62d | 17.9 | 0.70 | 60.7 | 2.36 | |
| 2% Sumac (S2) | 15.2c | 0.62d | 16.2 | 0.66 | 55.3 | 2.24 | |
| 3% Sumac (S3) | 16.7c | 0.69cd | 29.5 | 1.26 | 60.0 | 2.51 | |
| Standard Error of Mean | 2.64 | 0.107 | 4.98 | 0.226 | 6.26 | 0.240 | |
| p-Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.74 | 0.84 | |
* In columns with superscripts, means without a common superscript differ significantly at p < 0.05.